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Smoked Paprika Roast Chicken

Slimming World extra easy syns: 2.0 per portion
Serves: 6
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 120 minutes

A new take on your regular Sunday roast. The smoky paprika adds a little something to the boring roast chicken. Spice it up with a hint of chilli and replace lemon with lime for a mexican twist.

Ingredients

  • 1 - Whole Chicken
  • 2 tbsp - Smoked Paprika
  • 2 tbsp - Honey
  • 1 tbsp - Lemon Juice
  • 1 - cloves of Garlic, crushed
  • Salt & Pepper
  • 1 - Carrot
  • 1 - Celery Stick
  • 1 - Onions, quartered
  • 1 pint - Chicken stock
  • ½ pint - Water

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 190°C. Rinse the chicken off with cold water. Pat dry thoroughly with paper towels (otherwise the paste won't stick).
  2. Mix together the paprika, honey, lemon juice, garlic and pepper.
  3. Rub half of the paste under the skin covering the breasts, and the rest should be rubbed over the entire surface of the chicken.
  4. Roughly chop the carrot, onion and celery and place in a roasting tray with the stock cube and water. Place chicken on top.
  5. Cover with foil and bake at 190°C as per instructions for size of the bird.
  6. Halfway through roasting remove the foil and continue to baste regularly.
  7. Rest the chicken for 10 minutes before carving. Drain off the meat juices, separate the fat from the juice, and reduce the meat juices to make a sauce.
  8. Sauce - With the collected chicken stock from cooking pan, having drained off the fat, and blend together with the cooked onion, carrot and celery from the roasting pan.
  9. Place in a small saucepan and reduce. Season to taste and use as a light gravy.
  10. Remove the skin from the chicken and serve with vegetables (frylight roast potatoes, carrots, butternut squash, peas and steamed brocolli
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